Bihar News: Leader of Opposition in Bihar Assembly, Tejashwi Yadav has cornered the state government over the murder of a businessman during the ‘blackout’ mock drill in Patna. He demanded a high-level investigation into the murder. Along with this, he alleged that the government in Bihar has officially become an ally of criminals. Tejashwi Yadav wrote on the social media platform
He said that this criminal act, which took place 5 minutes after the blackout, raises many serious questions. Taking advantage of the darkness of the blackout, the criminals fled and the businessman died in the hospital. Tejashwi Yadav said, “The question arises that how did the government which was elected to stop crime and catch criminals, become an ally of criminals?”
In Bihar, the government has officially become an ally of criminals. The government imposed a blackout and criminals converted this blackout into a golden opportunity in Patna and shot a businessman. This criminal act, which took place five minutes after the blackout, raises many serious questions. After blackout…
— Tejashwi Yadav (@yadavtejashwi) May 15, 2026
The RJD leader further wrote, “There should be a high-level inquiry into how the criminals chose the blackout as an opportunity to conspire and commit murder and how they were able to successfully carry out the murder; this lapse of the government should be reviewed and it should also be ensured that there is no nexus or conspiracy between the criminals and the people in the government.” Let us inform that to deal with emergency situations, a mock drill related to ‘blackout’ was conducted on Thursday evening in 6 districts of Bihar including Patna.
The power supply was stopped at 7 pm with the sound of siren. It was restored again at 7.15 pm. However, during this 15-minute ‘blackout’, criminals shot dead a businessman in Sultanganj police station area. It came to light that the criminals ambushed and targeted the businessman. After the incident, all the criminals escaped taking advantage of the darkness. At present, the police is busy investigating the incident.